Analysis of A Builder
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
I saw the devil-he was working free:
A customs-house he builded by the sea.
'Why do you this?' The devil raised his head;
'Churches and courts I've built enough,' he said.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101011101 010111101 1111010111 1001110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 176 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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